How to add additional row/column to the existing table

Kristina December 14, 2017

Hello,

How to add additional row/column to the existing table? What is the shortcut for this? 

 

Thanks,

Kris

 

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Dan Vitvass
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June 20, 2018

adding rows is easy as pie via tabbing; just enter the last row and column and hit the tab key; that will add another row at the end of the table.

- but how can I add columns?

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Dan Vitvass
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June 20, 2018

wow, thanks! I would not have found that function (that icon) without your help! super!

I'm including a screenshot with the tooltip to help others as well

Skärmavbild 2018-06-20 kl. 11.52.32.png

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Hussain Al-saady
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October 7, 2018

If you hover over the buttons mentioned by Nic then they will show you the shortcuts.

Pretty simple:
Alt+Shift+(down arrow)  .... Insert row "After"

Alt+Shift+(up arrow)  .... Insert row "Before"

 

Alt+Shift+(right arrow)  .... Insert column "After"

Alt+Shift+(left arrow)  .... Insert column "Before"

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Alissa
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September 14, 2023

I do not see the insert row buttons (maybe depreciated from older versions)

But Alt-Ctrl-Arrows worked like a charm!!

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george
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July 27, 2022

I don't see any insert column buttons.  Where do I uncover them?

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johan.bergstrom
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November 26, 2020

It really is a major drawback without this in the iOS app

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Lin C
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September 29, 2019

How about in the app? 

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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December 14, 2017

Click on the "insert row beneath" button on the toolbar, after putting the cursor on the right line.  There's no keyboard shortcut for this though.

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Jan Hegr
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February 22, 2023

Thank you for the tip with the tab key on the very last cell. However, mentioned shortcuts Alt-Shift-Arrow don't work for me and I need to insert a row in the middle of the table. I cannot locate the toolbar buttons for these actions, they're probably not (much) accessible for screen-readers. I'm blind so screenshot posted here also don't help.
Please, do you have any hint how to achieve this using a keyboard?

Edit: With sighted assistance we discovered the shortcuts Alt-Ctrl-Arrows, which work for me. Thanks.

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kurt
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October 25, 2022

How do you get that Responsive icon bar to show up, in order to have the icons for adding columns?

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Alexander Schiftner November 7, 2020

Hmm, running into the same issue, is it impossible to add further rows using the ios app?

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Piotr Zolnierek October 20, 2020

Same for ios... a year later, still unusable without that feature

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Nenad Đuričić
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November 21, 2019

I didn't find how to add row in Android app

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Dinen Surchowdhury
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September 18, 2023

Merge cells is the answer I think you are trying to find.

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Nix Blay
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March 13, 2023

fab! Its been driving me nuts trying to work this out as never had to created any tables and needed to edit an existing one - I don't have any of those icons people were referring to either but this shortcut worked - :D  Thankyou!

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Eric Tong
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November 1, 2022

I having issue on adding new row. the problem is on one particular row, it has multiple sub rows starts from the second column. Now when I add a new row, the new row is start from the second column as a new sub-row, however I do want to just add a new row which should start from the first column.

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Ales Kerry
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May 4, 2021

amazing, much obliged! I would not have discovered that work (that symbol) without your assistance! super!

I'm incorporating a screen capture with the tooltip to help other people also

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Jason Smith February 15, 2021

Why oh whhhhhhyyyy can they not bring it in already, surely the devs are all over this type of ish! :-/ 

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Jason Smith February 15, 2021

Helpful, Nic. Thanks for the insight.

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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February 13, 2021

It's not an add-on, it's the way it worked four years ago.  And on a different platform.

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Paul Ericson
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February 12, 2021

Still not in the iOS app AFAIK.

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Jason Smith November 11, 2020

Are these options from an add-on? Without this add-on can one split cells i.e. add columns and/or rows within without add actual rows and columns to the whole table?

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Johnny Jiron
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February 4, 2020

Thanks @Dan Vitvass , for some reason the buttons were not working, but the tab works just fine!

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Deleted user October 8, 2019

thank you for this helpful tip!

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Christina Gheorghe May 21, 2019

Yes thank you! Big help in finding the right buttons. 

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